Okay, I did ask Ziroc about whether or not it would be a good idea to post up a topic like this. He seemed quite enthused about the concept, so here I go. I have talked with more than a few people about where good places would be for new levels or at least sub-level sections to appear. I actually tried to show Ziroc a few of them, only to discover they've disappeared whie he was reworking and expanding the area they were in. (The sections were inside the original Tradeways map.) Now, I thought what would be interesting instead of weapons and armor to talk about, different areas which have places that a link to a new section would be viable and opportune. I have a not-so-small list of places in my brain so far I wanted to post for example, but as for an in-depth concept that I'll post up later.
I should put up a definition of what I mean by sublevel. In short, any minimap that would take you away from the main region. It could be a 2x2 tile area, or something as large as 7x14 tile section. To be honest, it could even be technically a level unto itself. (An example would be a section that could literally "gate" you between areas which had it's own monsters and NPCs to be dealt with.)
Places that would be suitable for new sublevels to be linked from:
- three of the dead ends within Level Nine. (heck, new sections of that map could just be installed with teleportation gates to bridge them.)
- the ruins of the temple like area within the Lake Of Shadows inside of Level Thirteen
- the portal which is just kind of standing there also within the Lake Of Shadows area inside of Level Thirteen
- the temple ruins within the Tradeways (main area)
- that tower inside of the Trollmoor Swamps
- two of those waterway openings inside of Skullport Southquarter
- a couple of those barns inside of the main Tradeways look ripe for expanding on as well
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